Meretz Chairwoman Zahava Gal-On said in Tel Aviv: "Reports indicate a positive momentum, we can't remember such news from previous election campaigns. We have received reports that in dozens of polling stations they have ran out of Meretz tickets."

Playwright Yehoshua Sobol, who was also present, said: "The Right has lost its energy and is carried by inertia toward an iceberg, like the Titanic's captain." (Roi Mandel)